Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 1159: summary

Archaeological monitoring and recording at Cottawright, Common Road, Great Wakering, Essex, SS3 0AG: August 2017
by Dr Elliott Hicks (with contributions from Adam Tuffey, Sarah Carter )

Date report completed: September 2017
Location: Cottawright, Common Road, Great Wakering, Essex, SS3 0AG
Map reference(s): TQ 9498 8762
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Project type: Monitoring
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Summary. Archaeological monitoring and recording was carried out at Cottawright, Common Road, Great Wakering in advance of the construction of an outbuilding in the garden of the property for use as a gym. The development site is lies near to the 12th century St Nicholas Church, which, it is believed, is located on the site of an Anglo-Saxon minster church built c 7th-9th century. Two medieval or post-medieval ditches were uncovered, although residual Roman and Anglo-Saxon finds in them suggest activity at this site at some time between the 5th and 8th centuries.